Omega Infinity Breaks Bitcoin Cryptographic Implications of SHA-256 Compromise for Cryptocurrency Security

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Authors: Kaoru Aguilera Katayama
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Abstract

The Omega Infinity evidence demonstrates practical SHA-256 signature forgery. Bitcoin’s entire security model—mining, transactions, and addresses—depends entirely on SHA-256. If SHA-256 is broken, Bitcoin is broken.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Cryptographic Implementations and Security Cryptography and Data Security Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
18 January 2026